Hello. This is Matthew's temporary blog while some glitches are being fixed in Matthew's permanent blog. No comments, no fun right-side links, but at least some writing from me, which is all you really care about, no? [Obviously no longer applicable -- mdp]
Various from the past week plus:
a) I had a week-long cold, during which I coughed and hacked up approximately 3 gallons of mucus. Finally, yesterday I gave in and went to a non-dentist doctor for the first time in nearly six years, where the NP (I couldn’t actually see the doctor unless I wanted until Thursday) diagnosed a bacterial sinus infection and gave me some antibiotics. Now I am hacking up much less than I was before. Yay me. Perhaps tonight, with no fear of keeping her awake with my coughing, I will even sleep in the same bed as Kimberly (which I’ve done one night of the past seven or so).
b) Despite my sickness, Kim and I went to the National Mixed Curling Championships on Sunday up in D.C. It was pretty awesome, although the setup was somewhat odd: There were four matches going on at the same time on four ices that all abutted next to each other (so that they almost made a square), and all the seating/standing was at one end of all four ices -- thus, since they switched sides after every end, you either had a good view of the release, or you had a good view of the point-scoring circle. (Curling experts, please laugh at my incorrect vernacular.) Attendance about 100, mostly fans of the Maryland team (duh). We sat behind the wife of the Wisconsin skipper, and eavesdropped on her explaining some intricacies of curling to another couple. Highlight I’m sorry I missed: Earlier in that session, Alaska scored five points against California in a single end, despite California having last stone. I mean really.
c) I do have one piece more-or-less done of the two or three I was trying to finish this week, although it was for the $1000 choral contest rather than the $10,000+ other contests; alas, the best idea I had was a choral one, so. I’ll post a MIDI file sometime.
d) Please join my NCAA men’s and women’s pools. I’m using ESPN because it has a women’s pool. The name of both groups is “How Perfectly Swell,” and the password for each is “happiness.” (Two points to the first person who tells me why.)
e) Both the ISU men and women have sucky second-round games. I mean really sucky. I mean really, really sucky. I think I’d rather play Illinois than N.C., and I know I’d rather play any of the no. 1 women’s seeds than Stanford. Ugh.
f) If you would like to comment on this post, e-mail your comment to me (mdprins@yahoo.com) and I’ll append it somehow.
i sincerely do not know what you are doing here. are you lost? were you
looking for your delicate calico cat, and did you follow her up two flights of stairs
to this room? she is not here. she was here, yes. we gave her a warm bowl of milk, we talked with her about campaign finance reform for a time, and then she bid us good day. i believe she was
going to the post office two blocks down, but i don't quite recall.
for surely you did
not find your way from prinsiana, the least traveled site on
the internet. if you did, though, perhaps you are looking for humor. perhaps you are looking for profundity. perhaps you are looking for answers.
i'm sorry, but you shall go naught-for-three.
